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Canning Bridge
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Canning Bridge
- Subdivision Kingsport, Mile 10.3
Small pile trestle bridge over small brook and marsh just east of Canning, about Mile 10.3
- Three pile trestle bents
History
This small trestle was visible from Highway 221 and served as the subject of several photographs of DAR trains arriving at Canning. Sometime after the CVR was abandoned in 1961 the bridge was filled in to create a dam for a dockpond to the north of the bridge embankment.
Gallery
Location of bridge in rail embankment to left, April 2008.
References and Footnotes
Dan Conlin Field notes CVR Trip, April 20, 2008
